Alumni

Professor Wilcock received his Bachelor’s degree from our department in 1978, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to earn a master’s degree in geography at McGill University in Canada and a PhD in...

Dr. Matthew Anderson (PhD, 2012) has received the Geography & GIS Early Career Distinguished...

Imelda K. Moise (MS, ’07; PhD, ’12; MPH, UIS, ’15) is associate professor and director of Global Health Studies at the University of Miami, where she also holds secondary appointments in the...

By Doug Peterson, LAS News Geography & GIS is proud to honor Wayne Koonce (BA, ’71) with the 2022 Distinguished Alumnus Award and we look forward to welcoming him back to campus on...

By Doug Peterson, LAS News Geography & GIS is proud to honor Wayne Koonce (BA, ’71) with the 2022-23 Distinguished Alumnus Award and we look forward to welcoming him back to campus on...

Darla Munroe (PhD, 2000) is Professor and Chair of Geography at The Ohio State University. Her research covers economic, social, and land use geography with a focus on human-...

When William Clark (PhD, '64, geography) arrived in Florida in 1961, en route to the University of Illinois, he struck up a conversation with an African American woman at the train...

Professor Clark is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was a 1994 Guggenheim Fellow.

Dr. Janey Messina (MS, 2008) is associate professor of social science research methods at the University of Oxford (UK) School of Global and Area Studies.

Robin reflects on her wide-ranging career in geography that began with an undergraduate internship. She worked at the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant for 32 years, where she designed a Lady Quagga costume...

We proudly present the 2019 Early Career Alumni Achievement Award to Kory Konsoer (PhD, 2014), assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University. Kory...

The second annual Geography & GIS Alumni Achievement Award is presented to Dr. Marc P. Armstrong (PhD, ’88), a geographer who specializes in GIS and has done pioneering work in computational...

We are proud to announce the new Department of Geography & GIScience Distinguished Alumni Award, as well as our first recipient! This annual award will honor graduates who have made significant...